Cast & creator
James Remar
Best known for Grey's Anatomy, The Odyssey, American Dad!
William James Remar (born December 31, 1953) is an American actor. Some of his best known film roles are as Ajax in The Warriors (1979), as homicidal maniac Albert Ganz in 48 Hrs. (1982), as Dutch Schultz in The Cotton Club (1984), and as Lord Raiden in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997). He has had smaller roles in many other notable films, including Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Boys on the Side (1995), Judge Dredd (1995), Psycho (1998), What Lies Beneath (2000), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2002), Blade: Trinity (2004), Ratatouille (2007), Pineapple Express (2008), RED (2010), X-Men: First Class (2011), Django Unchained (2012), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), Oppenheimer (2023), and Megalopolis (2024). He was originally cast as Corporal Hicks in Aliens (1986) before being replaced by Michael Biehn. On television, Remar's recurring roles include Richard Wright, the on-off tycoon boyfriend of Samantha in Sex and the City (2001 - 2004), Harry Morgan in Dexter (2006 - 2013) and Dexter: Resurrection (2025 - present), the voice of Vilgax in Ben 10 (2009 - 2012), Tonraq in The Legend of Korra (2013 - 2014), and Peter Gambi in Black Lightning (2018 - 2021). He also voices Executor Hideo in the Destiny video game series. Remar has been married to Atsuko Remar since 1984. They have two children.
Also known as: William James Remar
113
film credits
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television credits
182
1978–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (182)
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Grey's Anatomy
Jimmy Evans
2005
The Odyssey
Tiresias
2026
American Dad!
Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice)
2005
Criminal Minds
Tom Benton
2005
The Rookie
Tom Bradford
2018
Hawaii Five-0
Elliot Connor
2010
NCIS: Los Angeles
Sterling Bridges
2009
CSI: Miami
Quentin Taylor
2002
Dexter
Harry Morgan
2006
The X-Files
Josef Kobold
1993
The Vampire Diaries
Giuseppe Salvatore
2009
Yellowstone
Kyle Fremont
2018
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Two-Face (voice)
2008
Without a Trace
Lucas Vohland
2002
Young Justice
Icicle Sr. (voice)
2010
Magnum P.I.
Captain Buck Greene
2018
Numb3rs
Randall Priest
2005
Third Watch
Detective Madjanski
1999
Gotham
Frank Gordon
2014
Strong Medicine
Guy Falls
2000
Miami Vice
Robbie Cann
1984
Private Practice
Dr. Gibson
2007
Sex and the City
Richard Wright
1998
Hill Street Blues
1981
Animal Kingdom
Detective Andre
2016
The Legend of Korra
Tonraq (voice)
2012
The Batman
Black Mask (voice)
2004
Battlestar Galactica
Meier
2004
Nash Bridges
Mark Lee Page
1996
Oppenheimer
Henry Stimson
2023
The Unit
Reece
2006
The Equalizer
Tremayne
1985
Walker, Texas Ranger
Keith Bolt
1993
Tales from the Crypt
Red Buckley
1989
Franklin & Bash
Cliff
2011
7th Heaven
James Carver
1996
Dexter: Resurrection
Harry Morgan
2025
Black Lightning
Peter Gambi
2018
Django Unchained
Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
2012
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Vilgax (voice)
2010
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
2019
IT: Welcome to Derry
General Francis Shaw
2025
Justice League Unlimited
Carter Hall (voice)
2004Justice League Unlimited
Hawkman / Shadow Thief (voice)
2004
The Hitchhiker
Ron
1983
The Twilight Zone
Alois Hitler
2002
Ratatouille
Larousse (voice)
2007
Pound Puppies
Sarge (voice)
2010
Ben 10: Alien Force
Vilgax (voice)
2008
Jericho
Jonah Prowse
2006
Creepshow
Bateman
2019
FlashForward
James Ermine
2009
Human Target
Warden Cole
2010
Eli Stone
Salinsky
2008
Transformers One
Zeta Prime (voice)
2024
Code Black
General Hutch Hutchinson
2015
Justice League
Lead Manhunter (voice)
2001
All's Fair
Theodore Baskin
2025
The Girl Next Door
Hugo Posh
2004
They Will Kill You
The Pig's Head (voice)
2026
City on a Hill
Richy Ryan
2019
The Shannara Chronicles
Cephelo
2016The Shannara Chronicles
Cephalo
2016
Wilfred
Henry Newman
2011
Blade: Trinity
Ray Cumberland
2004
Beware the Batman
Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (voice)
2013Beware the Batman
Silver Monkey (voice)
2013
The Movies That Made Us
Self
2019
The Huntress
Tiny Bellows
2000
Judge Dredd
Block Warlord (uncredited)
1995
What Lies Beneath
Warren Feur
2000
RED
Gabriel Singer
2010
The Warriors
Ajax
1979
Megalopolis
Charles Cothope
2024
48 Hrs.
Albert Ganz
1982
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Raiden
1997
Pineapple Express
General Bratt
2008
Miracle on 34th Street
Jack Duff
1994
Thief
Agent Patterson
2006
Peacemakers
Cole Hawkins
2003
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Admiral Parnell
2016
The Unborn
Gordon Beldon
2009
The Cotton Club
Dutch Schultz
1984
North Shore
Vincent Colville
2004
Boys on the Side
Alex
1995
The Quest
Maxie Devine
1996
White Fang
Beauty Smith
1991
The Phantom
Quill
1996
Fatal Instinct
Max Shady
1993
The Long Riders
Sam Starr
1980
Total Security
1997
Duplex
Chick
2003
Psycho
Patrolman
1998
Drugstore Cowboy
Gentry
1989
Speed Kills
Meyer Lansky
2018
Hellraiser: Inferno
Dr. Paul Gregory
2000
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Sideswipe (voice)
2011
Paul T. Goldman
Lt. Newman
2023
Renaissance Man
Captain Tom Murdoch
1994
The Grid
2004
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
1990
Horns
Derrick Perrish
2013
The Blackcoat's Daughter
Bill
2017
Cruising
Gregory
1980
The Noel Diary
Scott Turner
2022
2 Fast 2 Furious
Agent Markham
2003
Band of the Hand
Nestor
1986
Setup
William
2011
American Meltdown
Colonel Boggs
2004
The Mystic Warrior
Pesla
1984
Wild Bill
Donnie Lonigan
1995
Lap Dance
Patrick Moore
2014
The Saint
Arnold Valecross
2017
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Creb
1986
Arena
Tall Man
2011
Can't Buy My Love
Rex
2017
The Dream Team
Gianelli
1989
The Night Watchmen
Randall
2017
Rent-a-Cop
Dancer
1987
Drugstore June
Arnold
2024
The Dog Lover
Daniel Holloway
2016
Dead Reckoning
Agent Cantrell
2020
Wedlock
Sam
1991
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
General Omar Bradley
2004
Born Bad
1999
Silence Like Glass
Charly
1989
D.R.E.A.M. Team
Shawn Murphy
1999
Gun
Detective Rogers
2010
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
Sam Kramer
2009
Ben 10: Omniverse
Vilgax (voice)
2012
Robo Warriors
Ray Gibson
1996
Blink
Thomas Ridgely
1993
Sharpshooter
Dillon
2007
Guardian
Detective Carpenter
2001
All You Ever Wished For
Gordon Hutton
2018
Unnatural
Martin Nakos
2015
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
Santo Trafficante
2015
Indecency
Mick Clarkson
1992
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
John Sikes
1989
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
Lt. Col. Strauss
2000
Betrayal
Alex Tyler
2003
Confessions of a Hitman
Bruno Serrano
1994
All Superheroes Must Die
Rickshaw
2011
Feed
Tom
2017
Across the Moon
Rattlesnake Jim
1994
The Surgeon
Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
1995
Partners
Edward K. Petersen
1982Double Frame
1999
Kojak: None So Blind
Wolfgang Reiger
1990
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
Self
2007
Decommissioned
David Marino
2016Brotherhood of the Gun
Frank Weir
1991
State of Affairs
Syd
2014
Night Visions
Sergeant Thomas Mackey
1990
Quiet Cool
Joe Dylanne
1986
Dying on the Edge
Jackie James
2001
Fear X
Peter
2003
One Good Turn
Simon Jury
1996
Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800
Narrator
2020
Eden
Coach DaFoe
2015
The Warriors: The Way Home
Self
2007
Rites of Passage
Frank Dabbo
1999
The Tigress
Andrei
1992
The Huntress
Tiny Bellows
2000Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
Himself
2020
Windwalker
Windwalker (young)
1980
The Warriors: The Beginning
Self
2007
Fatal Charm
Louis
1990
The FP
Narrator (voice)
2011
The Christmas Hope
Mark Addison
2009
Persecuted
John Luther
2014
Blowback
John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
2000
Inferno
Dr. Coleman West
1998
The Warriors: Battleground
Self
2007
On the Yard
Larson
1978
Psycho Path
Self
1999
X-Men: First Class
US General
2011
Strangers
Bernard (The Last Game)
1992
Session Man
McQueen
1991
The Survivors Club
Roan Griffin
2004
Glowzies
Darlus
2023
2B
Tom Mortlake
2009